Martin's The Top's

mrtickle

I'm back to just the FREE sky channels. (I paid for 1 month to get the Ryder Cup and Dunhill Links, but the month is now up)  I'll check though to see if I can pick up the other BBC regions.

You certainly can. No subscription is required for any of the terrestrial channels; they are not part of Sky digital; they just happen to be broadcast via satellite. All BBC channels are FTA (Free To Air) which means they are unencrypted and require no viewing card.

EPG numbers for the regional BBC channels:
941      BBC One Scotland 10803 Glasgow
942      BBC One Wales 10803 Cardiff
943      BBC One Northern Ireland 10773 Belfast
944      BBC One London 10773 London (=BBC1 England)
945      BBC One North East & Cumbria 10818 Newcastle
946      BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands 10788 Leeds
947      BBC One East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire 10788 Hull
948      BBC One North West 10788 Manchester
949      BBC One West Midlands 10788 Birmingham
950      BBC One East Midlands 10788 Nottingham
951      BBC One East 10788 Norwich
952      BBC One East 10847 Cambridge
953      BBC One South East 10818 Tunbridge Wells
954      BBC One South 10818 Southampton
955      BBC One South 10818 Oxford
956      BBC One West 10818 Bristol
957      BBC One South West 10818 Plymouth
958      BBC One Channel Islands 10847 Jersey
959      BBC Two London 10773 London
960      BBC Two Scotland 10803 Glasgow
961      BBC Two Wales/2W 10803 Cardiff
962      BBC Two Northern Ireland 10803 Belfast

(Because the BBC are FTA it means you can use ANY proper digital satellite reciever, not just a Sky Digibox.)

In addition, ITV C4 and five are FTV (Free to view) which means whilst they are encrypted and need a proprietary Sky viewing card and a Sky digibox, there is no subscription. If you cancel a Sky sub you must keep your card so that you can carry on viewing the FTV channels. If you don't have a Sky sub there is no need to subscribe, you can get a FTV-only viewing card for a one-off fee.

HTH

Finishrich

Thanks Mr Tickle.

I'll know where to look for Martin now, when he doesn't appear as expected on BBC Scotland. Still the salmon farming was interesting!

spidystrider

I must say I am completely lost! I have Sky but I still managed to get Salmon Farming, where did I go wrong! I really wanted to see it and even had it on my planner. I have watched the whole series just to make sure I did not miss this one programme! It has been interesting though.

GuinnessGirl_2

You certainly can. No subscription is required for any of the terrestrial channels; they are not part of Sky digital; they just happen to be broadcast via satellite. All BBC channels are FTA (Free To Air) which means they are unencrypted and require no viewing card.

EPG numbers for the regional BBC channels:
941      BBC One Scotland 10803 Glasgow
942      BBC One Wales 10803 Cardiff
943      BBC One Northern Ireland 10773 Belfast
944      BBC One London 10773 London (=BBC1 England)
945      BBC One North East & Cumbria 10818 Newcastle
946      BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands 10788 Leeds
947      BBC One East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire 10788 Hull
948      BBC One North West 10788 Manchester
949      BBC One West Midlands 10788 Birmingham
950      BBC One East Midlands 10788 Nottingham
951      BBC One East 10788 Norwich
952      BBC One East 10847 Cambridge
953      BBC One South East 10818 Tunbridge Wells
954      BBC One South 10818 Southampton
955      BBC One South 10818 Oxford
956      BBC One West 10818 Bristol
957      BBC One South West 10818 Plymouth
958      BBC One Channel Islands 10847 Jersey
959      BBC Two London 10773 London
960      BBC Two Scotland 10803 Glasgow
961      BBC Two Wales/2W 10803 Cardiff
962      BBC Two Northern Ireland 10803 Belfast

(Because the BBC are FTA it means you can use ANY proper digital satellite reciever, not just a Sky Digibox.)

In addition, ITV C4 and five are FTV (Free to view) which means whilst they are encrypted and need a proprietary Sky viewing card and a Sky digibox, there is no subscription. If you cancel a Sky sub you must keep your card so that you can carry on viewing the FTV channels. If you don't have a Sky sub there is no need to subscribe, you can get a FTV-only viewing card for a one-off fee.

HTH

Thanks mrtickle for letting us know

Dan29

I must say I am completely lost! I have Sky but I still managed to get Salmon Farming, where did I go wrong! I really wanted to see it and even had it on my planner. I have watched the whole series just to make sure I did not miss this one programme!  :( It has been interesting though.

I think the salmon farming episode was shown everywhere. Martin's appearance is on on the evening of Monday the 15th of November at 3am.

Pat__3

Thanks Dan for letting us know ;D

I only have Sky, so presume this is Sky that you a quoting.

Just in case it is Freeview would you let us know


Thank You

Dan29

Yes it's BBC ONE so it's the same on Freeview, satellite, cable and old fashioned telly too